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An East Side man offered no explanation for his actions as he pleaded guilty today in federal
court to tweeting threats against the president of the United States.

Daniel Temple, 37, didn’t say why he’d written “I gotta kill barack obama” on his Twitter
feed in March. Temple, of Malibu Drive, also sent the president direct messages such as “im coming
to kill you.”

“You did threaten to kill the president of the United States, is that correct?” asked
Magistrate Nora McCann King in U.S. District Court.

“Yes,” was all Temple said.

He was charged in April with one count of willfully threatening to “harm, kidnap or kill” the
president after Secret Service agents investigated him. He admitted to agents he had written and
posted the tweets and said he was frustrated with the country’s political climate.

Temple told King he’d been a patient with Netcare twice in the last few years. Netcare is a
mental-health and substance-abuse crisis-intervention service for Franklin County residents.

A sentencing date has not been set for Temple. He was released on his own recognizance.